All over the country, there is a huge stigma surrounding addiction. From people judging those who have addiction issues as being “trouble” or “losers,” even if they’ve been recovered and stable for years, to the cruel — and often damaging … More »
Being Labeled ‘Food Addict’ Increases Stigma...
Students are stigmatized for a variety of reasons, with youths from ethnic-minority backgrounds often feeling devalued in school. New research on young children from a range of backgrounds has found that even elementary school children are aware of such stigmatization and, like older youths...
Music and sports stars have joined psychiatrists, politicians, charities, and companies to ask school pupils not to make fun of mental health problems. Up to 300 students will pledge to take a stand on stigma at the Royal College of Psychiatrists annual World Mental Health Day event for...
Several recent studies suggest that U.S. women are increasingly seeking methods for self-induced abortions instead of visiting legal clinics that have become "embattled, increasingly costly and geographically inaccessible," The Nation reports. The article profiles a woman from Brownsville...
Neuroscience 2010, the 40th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), will showcase distinguished speakers and new research findings on the brain, nervous system, and related disorders Nov. 13-17 in San Diego. The Society's annual meeting is the world's largest source of emerging...
A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition. The findings could help physicians develop a series of question to identity patients...
A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition. The findings could help physicians develop a series of question to identity patients...
A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition. The findings could help physicians develop a series of question to identity patients...
A new, small study of low-income, depressed Latinos finds that those who stigmatize mental illness are less likely than others are to take medication, keep scheduled appointments and control their condition. The findings could help physicians develop a series of question to identity patients...
In 2009, approximately 40 percent of adults were single, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new study, "I'm a Loser, I'm Not Married, Let's Just All Look at Me," a University of Missouri researcher examined the familial and societal messages given to women who are not married by their...
Young people are inadvertently putting themselves at risk of getting an STI by avoiding discussing the subject of their partner's sexual history prior to sleeping together, according to a new report launched today in Dublin. 'The Voice of Young People - A Report on Attitudes to Sexual Health'...